mohillbilly
Dec 14, 2006, 11:23 PM
Well I figured that I wanted to go brush-less on my new RC18MT so I stated looking are the setups and I didn't want to spend for the CC setup. On day two one having my truck it started to make a clicking noise. I thought it was the rear diff since the gear mesh was fine and not full of dirt. Today while running it got so bad that I was about take it all apart to see what the deal was. I was driving it in the house and all of a sudden it stopped and you could hear the motor going but nothing else. So I figure its the diff is gone, I pop it open and check the drive gear and noticed the pinion is GONE! :eek: WHAT! I look on the floor and sure enough its there! The shaft broke off the motor. To top that I found out that's what was making all the noise! So I go to grab a GWS brushed 300 I had laying around and spy a small geared Tower Pro in-runner laying around already attached to an over kill 30A ESC. So I say to myself why not? Everything fit great and bolted right up, I used the old pinon and stuck an only 2 cell on it. Well what can I say but it works great! Its just a tad faster than stock but alot more power. I ran it for about 20 Min's with only one no start and I have ALOT of start and stops because it was a little wet out and it would peel out like mad if you tried to take off fast. I am very happy it I might try it on a 3 cell later but for now it pulls only 2A to start and roll along, and 4A at full (in the air) If I run it at full and slowly set it down (adding friction) it pulls 6A before it stops. So I think I'm safe with the 30A ESC and the 2 cell. (1800mah 12C). BTW the motor is 4100kv good up to 10A.
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